31 Aceh fishermen arrest in Myanmar

31 Aceh fishermen arrest in Myanmar

BANDA ACEH: Myanmarese authorities have arrested 31 Acehnese fishermen for illegally fishing in their waters.

Adli Abdulah, secretary of the Aceh sea customs, said here on Friday that the fishermen were staying in two prisons in Myanmarese towns of Kawhtong and Myeik.

The Indonesian Embassy in Yangoon have had difficulties to deal with their release because the two prisons were located at far locations and it had financial difficulties to repatriate them.

He said the Myanmarese released eight Acehnese fishermen with the similar case on April 10 and they had already arrived home. --Antara